Chemistry

Aspartic acid (symbol Asp or D; aspartate is the ionic form) is a non-essential amino acid in humans; aspartic acid has a negative overall charge…

Carbon is one of the most abundant mineral elements in the environment. Soil carbon refers to the solid terrestrial matter stored in global soils. It is…

Fumaric acid is an important kind of organic compound with the formula HO2CCH=CHCO2H. It is a dicarboxylic acid, and in the Krebs tricarboxylic acid (TCA)…

Oxaloacetic acid, also known as ‘oxalacetic acid’, is an α-keto acid and a key component of cellular metabolism in its conjugate base form, oxaloacetate. This…

Charring is the incomplete combustion of organic material. It is a chemical process of incomplete combustion of certain solids when subjected to high heat. Charring…

Activated Charcoal is a fine, odorless, black powder often used in emergency rooms to treat overdoses. Charcoal is made from coal, wood, or other substances.…

Biochar is a carbon-rich solid that is derived from biomass that is heated in a limited oxygen environment. It is charcoal used as a soil…

Acetoacetic acid (AcAc), also known as ‘diacetic acid’, is a weak organic acid that can be produced in the human liver under certain poor metabolism…

Naphthalene is a white, volatile, solid polycyclic hydrocarbon with a powerful smell of mothball, and its chemical formula is C10H8. It is detectable at concentrations…

Heterogeneous catalysis is a type of catalysis where the catalyst occupies a different phase from the mixture of reactions. Phase distinguishes between not only components…

Homogeneous catalysts allow greater interaction with the mixture of reactions than heterogeneous catalysts do. Homogeneous catalysis in chemistry is the catalysis by a soluble catalyst…

Acetaldehyde (CH3CHO), also known as ‘ethanal’, is a widespread, naturally occurring, colorless and flammable liquid with a suffocating smell. It is sometimes abbreviated by chemists…